ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Monite ‘Epeleli 30, 2018

Ko e vaí, ko e faka‘ilonga ‘o e fakamaau

(water as a sign of judgment)

Fehu‘i #44

Ko e hā ‘a e papitaiso?

Ko e papitaisó  ko hotau fakama‘a ‘i he vaí  ‘o fou ‘i he huafa ‘o e Tamaí, mo e ‘Aló,  pea mo e Laumālie Ma‘oni‘oní; ‘oku faka‘ilonga‘i mo sila‘i ai ‘a hono ohi kitautolu kia Kalaisí, mo fakama‘a kitautolu mei he angahalá, pea mo ‘etau tukupā ‘o ‘etau kau ki he ‘Eikí  mo hono siasí.

What is baptism?

Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church.

MATIU 28:19

Ko ia, ke mou ō, ‘o ngaohi ‘a e ngaahi kakai kotoa pē ko ‘eku kau ako, ‘i he papitaiso kinautolu ki he Huafa ‘o e Tamai mo e ‘Alo mo e Laumālie Mā‘oni‘oni:

MATTHEW 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...

Collin Hansen

In his baptism, Jesus identified with all of us who, because of sin, will someday die as a result of God's judgment (Gen. 3:19). Water has been a sign of God's judgment since Genesis 6-7, when God judged the wickedness of man and sent a flood to destroy all but Noah and his family. Though he never would sin, Jesus would nevertheless die at the hands of sinful men as he absorbed the wrath of God for the sinful world.